Word: andrews
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...history as a mine of cinema material, Producer Darryl Zanuck has so far worked it for such nuggets as The Bowery, The Mighty Barmim and The Prisoner of Shark Island. A Message to García is more ore from the same vein, showing that 1898 courier, Lieutenant Andrew Summers Rowan, performing the errand which the late Elbert Hubbard publicized in his famed essay. Dispatched by President McKinley to give Cuban General Calixto García a verbal message to the effect that the U. S. was on his side in his revolt against Spain and to discover the strength...
...hostilities, both by sea and land shall cease as soon as this treaty shall have been ratified by both parties, as hereinafter mentioned." The treaty was not ratified by the U. S. until Feb. 17, 1815. Hostilities were not expected to cease until the treaty was ratified. Had Andrew Jackson lost, instead of won at New Orleans, Louisiana would have been a British colony. Correct therefore, is Rose McConnell Long; correct also is Reau E. Folk, chairman of the Tennessee commission on research into the real value of the Battle of New Orleans, who first brought the matter to light...
...strict interpretation of the Treaty of Ghent upholds the contention of the Andrew Jackson society that "Old Hickory's" victory on Jan. 8, 1815 at New Orleans, fell within the period of hostilities. But a strict interpretation of the Treaty also indicates that a British victory at New Orleans would have been nullified since signatories agreed to restore conquered territory...
...immigrant who had prospered in a slaughtering and provisions business. Succeeding generations of Joneses and Laughlins have been cast with remarkable regularity in the mold of the founding partners. The Joneses went for steel, the Laughlins for culture. Founder Jones was already a bigwig in .he steel industry when Andrew Carnegie was a local telegraph boy. When Carnegie succeeded in delivering a message to Mr. "ones personally, Mr. Jones would tip him 25?. His son, Benjamin Franklin Jones Jr., was a crack steelman and J. & L.'s lead until his death in 1928. In his later years active command...
Marius and Andrew meet but find each other uninteresting. Saul's catalytic presence throws everyone into frenzied activity. The disciples intrigue more furiously than ever; Simon looks paler every day; Andrew sits up till all hours writing "a really sincere" play. Saul falls in love with Lilly but casts her out when he finds what she is up to. The dying Marius, in a last effort to get away from his disciples and his own failure, gets Saul to promise he will take him to Africa. Andrew, unable to write a sincere play without being dull, drowns himself...